COP27 begins a ‘new era to do things differently’, UN climate change chief declares as pivotal conference gets underway

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 07Nov
The UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, should shift the world towards implementation of previously agreed plans to tackle humanity’s greatest challenge, Simon Stiell, the new Executive Secretary of the UN Climate Convention (UNFCCC), said on Sunday at the opening of COP27.
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Sixth South-East Asia Multi-Stakeholder Forum “Accelerating the Recovery from COVID-19 while Advancing the full Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 07Nov
The South-East Asia Multi-Stakeholder Forum on the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals provides governments, development partners, civil society, academia, the private sector, and other stakeholders opportunities to share subregional perspectives, discuss collaborative measures to address subregional priorities, and exchange good practices to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
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CEDAW Committee adopts General recommendation No 39 on the rights of Indigenous Women and Girls: 30 references to disability and to indigenous women and girls with disabilities

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 04Nov
The International Disability Alliance (IDA) welcomes the CEDAW Committee’s adoption General recommendation No. 39 on the rights of Indigenous Women and Girls providing guidance to States Parties to the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against women on the more relevant issues for indigenous women and girls and on the State’s obligations regarding their rights
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How action on climate justice can be delivered at COP27

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 04Nov
4th November. Ahead of the COP27 climate talks, ActionAid is setting out five climate justice benchmarks to build trust and deliver the action needed to address the Loss and Damage and Climate Justice.  
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JOINT STATEMENT ON INTEGRATED CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEMS FOR CHILDREN IN MIGRATION

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 03Nov
The 14th European Forum focused on the rights of the child this year dedicated to ‘Bringing children at the centre: empowering, protecting and including children, and its focus, amongst other things, on integrated child protection systems.
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WMO and WHO launch ClimaHealth portal

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 03Nov
The first global knowledge platform dedicated to climate and health - ClimaHealth.info - has been launched by the World Meteorological Organization and World Health Organization Joint Office on climate and health, with support from the Wellcome Trust.
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Bulletin of the World Health Organization: FOCUS ON REHABILITATION

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 03Nov
The Bulletin of the World Health Organization is a fully open-access journal of public health with a special focus on low and middle-income countries. It was first published in 1948 and, since then, has sought to make its full contents as widely available as possible.
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International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, 2 November

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 02Nov
Countering threats of violence and crimes against journalists to protect freedom of expression for all
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National human rights action plans: An inventory (The Danish Institute for Human Rights)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 02Nov
How many states have adopted national human rights action plans? Building on its inventory of all national human rights action plans ever adopted, this research project investigates processes of norm diffusion, methodological evolutions as well as state engagement with national human rights action plans since the 1993 Vienna Declaration introduced the concept.
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ASHOKA EVENT: Building for the New Longevity (9th of November)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 02Nov
Join us on November 9, as we hear from social entrepreneurs building for the New Longevity. Live from the BBK New Lon
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